Quotes About Investment

Most people play not to lose, when they need to be playing to win. And that's why so many people struggle financially. They might have a safe, sensible and balanced portfolio, but it's not a winning portfolio.

you find an investment you want to invest in, put a little money down. It is amazing how quickly your intelligence grows when you have money on the line. Don't bet the ranch, your mortgage payment, or your retirement. Simply put a little money down, pay attention, and learn.

The rich know that savings are only used to create more money, not to pay bills. I

Pay your brokers well: the power of good advice Sometimes

The rich created the corporation as a vehicle to limit their risk to the assets of each voyage.

This is the cash-flow pattern of a rich person:

Un activo pone dinero en mi bolsillo. Un pasivo saca dinero de él.

simply keep deferring their real estate capital gains and then, at the end of their lives, roll that real estate into something like a charitable remainder trust.

If the ship was lost, the crew lost their lives, but the loss to the rich would be limited only to the money they invested for that particular voyage.

assets put money in your pocket.

The tax man will always take more if you let him. The first lesson of having money work for you, as opposed to you working for money, is all about power. If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If money works for you, you keep the power and control it.

They have made enough money to acquire other assets. Again, it does pay to be generous.

Cash flow tells the story of how a person handles money.

My personal basis is real estate. I love real estate because it's stable and slow-moving. I keep the base solid. The cash flow is fairly steady and, if properly managed, has a good chance of increasing in value. The beauty of a solid base of real estate is that it allows me to take greater risks, as I do with speculative stocks.

Éste es el mayor problema de tener un empleo, que no es un activo. No lo puedes vender en eBay, no lo puedes rentar ni recibir dividendos por él. Entonces, ¿para qué pasar décadas, los mejores años de tu vida, trabajando para construir algo que no es un activo? O, para describirlo con mayor precisión, ¿para construir el activo de alguien más y no el tuyo?

It's like planting a tree. You water it for years, and then one day it doesn't need you anymore. Its roots are implanted deep enough. Then the tree provides shade for your enjoyment.

One reason to start your own business is that you can spend first and then be taxed on the balance left over.

8.?Use assets to buy luxuries: the power of focus

put $4,000 into paint and repairs, and put it up for rent.

A business owner can pay for those things with before-tax dollars while an employee pays for them with after-tax dollars.

Many people stay out of the stock market because they don't want to lose money. But they're keeping themselves from making money by closing their minds to that investment vehicle.

Your profit is made when you buy, not when you sell." Every property we bought had to have a positive cash flow on the day we bought it, and it had to have a positive cash flow even in a bad economy.

The key to becoming wealthy is the ability to convert earned income into passive income or portfolio income as quickly as possible.

WORK TO LEARN—DON'T WORK FOR MONEY